After years of homelessness, Nikkie Smith secured a housing voucher. She helps others find stability and hope through advocacy and outreach.

Mine is to get a job and get back into the mainstream of life. The reason I haven’t worked in 30 years is my nervous breakdown.

Peace is so bright / One cannot see it / No photo, handprint, or digital mark to prove its existence / Cannot tell

Hey y’all, just your regular unassuming white guy here. You probably pass 50 to 100 of me on your way to work every day. 

What Labor Day means to me: How my mother and father picked cotton on the plantation for the white man slave master.

I love the skin I’m in. Living somewhere that was not mine, I couldn’t see the skin I love so much. Because others didn’t…

The end of pandemic-era benefits, which provided nearly $30,000 on average to many low-income D.C. families from 2020 to 2022, has left some facing food and housing insecurity.

James Davis’ newest poem: Apprehension / Forlorn stares / Is there anyone who cares? Wait in line / Three-to-four hours time…

Street Sense explains the benefits cliff.

The idea of toddlers being homeless ignited three local Florida leaders to draft one of the first pieces of legislation to advocate for children.

Now, D.C. has the chance to become a national model for eliminating family poverty by strengthening the Child Tax Credit (CTC).

Thousands gathered in front of the Capitol building for the Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March to the Polls.